St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-12-29
VERMONT NEWS.
Accidentally Put Out One Ely,


While Rev. o. d. Clapp, pastor of
the Waitsfield Methodist church, was
attempting to put some loops in a
harness with the aid of pair of shears,
the shears slipped in such a way as to
force the point horizontally through
the ball of his right eye. Physicians
express the belief that the sight of the
eye is destroyed.
Extensive Seizure at Newport.
A heavy seizure of struggled liquor
was made at Newport Tuesday the
Goth. A car shipped from st. Johns
to Manchester, N. H., purpOrted to be
loaded with straw but upon examina-
ton it was found that concealed under
10 tons of straw were Sc cases contain
ing 700 bottles of gin and brandy.
The car was promptly side tracked and
the liquor taken in charge by the
custom officers.
1t is limited that Rutland is to have
IA French weekly paper.
Frank M. Jones has been appointed
postmaster at East Thetford, and +. HI
Foster at WestmOre.
The second volume of "Vermont in
the Rebellion" is now reported to be
ready for the printer.
The president has sent in the nomi-
nation of Clarence HI Pitkin to be
district attorney for Vermont.
Alpheus p. Howe, a well known citi-
zen of Hartford, was stricken with
apOplexy on Wednesday, and died the
same night.
Seven of the children of George j.
Hodges of Ripton are down with the
diphtheria, and one of them was in a
serious condition at last reports.
Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost of Newark,
N. j., will lecture at the town hall in
Rutland, Wednesday evening, January
l8, on the subject of the solution of
social problems.
Engineer Charles Haskell was caught
between two freight cars in the Rut-
land yard, and so injured that death
resulted i'll fifteen minutes. Deceased
was about 40 years old.
Mamie, aged IL months, only child
of Fred ID. Carter of st. Adams climb
ed up on Il chair and, taking saucer
containing quantity of Lepper's
healer, drank it with fatal effect
death ensuing in about three hours.
Zeba Horton of Pomfret, aged SIS,
while walking on the railroad track,
near the Hartford station, on Tuesday
the Goth, was struck 10y train, sus-
tanning serious injuries. His physi-
clan thinks his recovery doubtful.
Clarence Curley, temporarily en-
plOyed as clerk in the SwantOn post
office, was arrested Oh the Goth, for
robbing the mails. He was taken to
st. Adams pleaded guilty, and was
held in the sum of $4,000.
John Golf, who claims to belong in
West Hartford, reported to the police
in Boston on Friday that he had been
robbed of his pOcketbOOk containing
Ohio, and then started for his old
home in Vermont, stopping on the
way to see the sights of Boston.
The first death at the Vermont SOL
diers' home in Bennington was that
on Monday evening of COmrade Joseph
r. Davis of Co. G., 10th Vt. regiment.
He had been at the home enjoying the
Christmas exercises and after receiving
his presents went to the cottage where
he slept. On opening the door he fell,
dying instantly of heart trouble. He
was born in Hartland, and was 65
years old; he was admitted to the SOL
diers' home August 30, 1887, and was
one of VermOnt's soldiers that helped
give the second brigade it's grand re-
cord at Gettysburg in executing the
brilliant flank movement under the di-
rectiOn of the gallant Stannard.